Definition of coercion in English:

coercion

noun kəʊˈəːʃ(ə)n

mass noun

The action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
it wasn't slavery because no coercion was used
Example sentencesExamples
- This is really your opportunity to be yourself, to do something without coercion from others.
- There is also a belief that worker performance is based on either rewards offered by management or the threat of coercion.
- He refused to speculate as to the identity of the groups or individuals who had been behind the coercion.
- If psychiatry is to move forward it is necessary, but not sufficient, to resist state coercion and to listen to patients.
- He denied he had made the confession under coercion and threat, as alleged by his father.
Synonyms
force, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, insistence, demand, arm-twisting, pressure, pressurization, influence

Rhymes

animadversion, aspersion, assertion, aversion, bioconversion, Cistercian, conversion, desertion, disconcertion, dispersion, diversion, emersion, excursion, exertion, extroversion, immersion, incursion, insertion, interspersion, introversion, Persian, perversion, submersion, subversion, tertian, version

Definition of coercion in US English:

coercion

noun

The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
it wasn't slavery because no coercion was used
Example sentencesExamples
- This is really your opportunity to be yourself, to do something without coercion from others.
- There is also a belief that worker performance is based on either rewards offered by management or the threat of coercion.
- If psychiatry is to move forward it is necessary, but not sufficient, to resist state coercion and to listen to patients.
- He denied he had made the confession under coercion and threat, as alleged by his father.
- He refused to speculate as to the identity of the groups or individuals who had been behind the coercion.
Synonyms
force, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, insistence, demand, arm-twisting, pressure, pressurization, influence

单词	coercion
释义	Definition of coercion in English: coercion noun kəʊˈəːʃ(ə)n mass noun The action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats. it wasn't slavery because no coercion was used Example sentencesExamples This is really your opportunity to be yourself, to do something without coercion from others. There is also a belief that worker performance is based on either rewards offered by management or the threat of coercion. He refused to speculate as to the identity of the groups or individuals who had been behind the coercion. If psychiatry is to move forward it is necessary, but not sufficient, to resist state coercion and to listen to patients. He denied he had made the confession under coercion and threat, as alleged by his father. Synonyms force, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, insistence, demand, arm-twisting, pressure, pressurization, influence Rhymes animadversion, aspersion, assertion, aversion, bioconversion, Cistercian, conversion, desertion, disconcertion, dispersion, diversion, emersion, excursion, exertion, extroversion, immersion, incursion, insertion, interspersion, introversion, Persian, perversion, submersion, subversion, tertian, version Definition of coercion in US English: coercion noun The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats. it wasn't slavery because no coercion was used Example sentencesExamples This is really your opportunity to be yourself, to do something without coercion from others. There is also a belief that worker performance is based on either rewards offered by management or the threat of coercion. If psychiatry is to move forward it is necessary, but not sufficient, to resist state coercion and to listen to patients. He denied he had made the confession under coercion and threat, as alleged by his father. He refused to speculate as to the identity of the groups or individuals who had been behind the coercion. Synonyms force, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, insistence, demand, arm-twisting, pressure, pressurization, influence
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